Player Watch Ryan Burton

[Puddy]

Career month ahead of him.

 

[Spadge]

It genuinely frightens me to think we most likely have Burton trying to play the Houston role

It would be something similar to thinking you could replace Dangerfield with Dean Gore

 

[Peninsula Boy]

He will be watched like a hawk this week.

 

[theouthouse]

Pretty simple for him. Talent and skillset are there.

Next man up and take the opportunity, this is exactly what footballers spend the entre year playing for.

 

[Lefti93]

He's played good footy for us before, his last two seasons haven't been up to standard. His best footy is easily good enough to cover. I hope he can find it again because there's too much talent there. I didn't actually think he was too bad going into defence last week, aside from one moment where he chose to kick it off the ground rather than pick it up. Houston's strength isn't exactly his defensive side either, his strength is his kicking, and we've tailored the game plan to his biggest weapon. He is incredibly consistent at it however. Burton's deficiency isn't his kicking, if we make him the guy back there.

 

[Spadge]

He's played good footy for us before, his last two seasons haven't been up to standard. His best footy is easily good enough to cover. I hope he can find it again because there's too much talent there. I didn't actually think he was too bad going into defence last week, aside from one moment where he chose to kick it off the ground rather than pick it up. Houston's strength isn't exactly his defensive side either, his strength is his kicking, and we've tailored the game plan to his biggest weapon. He is incredibly consistent at it however. Burton's deficiency isn't his kicking, if we make him the guy back there.

Unfortunately you can only go on recent form, and for the last 2 seasons he has been putrid

He's shown nothing to suggest he can turn it around

 

[chiwigi]

If we win a flag this year it will be thanks to Ryan Burton

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Ryan Burton

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

277.3

4star

D

16.8

4star

K

12.3

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

277.3

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.2

4star

.

 

[melanChronic]

Another worry with Burton is he's miles less durable than Houston. In the 2020 prelim he went down early and it was really costly.

I suppose Sinn has the same question marks though.

 

[Scodges]

Ritz Burton


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[gbear]

If we win a flag this year it will be thanks to Ryan Burton.

And conversely if we go out in straight sets Burton will be one of the main perpetrators of this due to his soft **** performances!

 

[Revan11]

Played a very good game tonight. He will be vital this September.

 

[Tibbs]

Credit to him, I thought he had a very solid game.

 

[PowerBaz]

Bit of belief and no choice and he has to play well.

 

[Visenfest]

Shaky start to the game, but played well in the end.

 

[VineValerian]

Serviceable game. The usual clangers, but did improve as the game wore on.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

He was very good. 19 disposals, 18 kicks for 642m gained. There's no doubting his talent.

 

[afl2004]

1st time I've seen him play desperately since rd1 last year against cameron

 

[Rash]

well done burto

 

[PJ Power]

He was very good. 19 disposals, 18 kicks for 642m gained. There's no doubting his talent.

He was tough today. He won some gilt-edged 50-50 contests against good opponents even when out of position. On at least 3 occasions he met the bouncing ball cleanly and braced for the incoming tackle to force a stoppage. If that’s what he does for the next month, we might just be able to cover Houston.

 

[all seeing eye]

Solid tonight, really need him to maintain that edge with the loss of Farrell and Houston.

 

[TeeKray]

No doubt the coaches put it on him and he delivered.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Still moves like a bloke with a dodgy knee and 70 year olds back..

But can kick and hit targets..

 

[Chewy316]

Easily his best game in a long time last night.

If he can perform to that level in September the Houston loss will not be nearly as felt as what we all would have expected.

 

[Schulzenfest]

His game was a great example of why I'm generally slower to give up on blokes in bad form but who have proven they're up to the level at their best. Form is temporary, class is permanent.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Burton played a pretty good game.

I saw him not chase hard that resulted in a goal by Frederick but overall, he did his job.

He roosted for the most metres gained which is what we want from that position and solid defensive work.